Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia

Description

This edited volume explores the diversities and complexities of women’s experiences in higher education. Its emphasis on personal narratives provides a forum for topics not typically found in in print, such as mental illness, marital difficulties, and gender identity. The intersectional narratives afford typically disenfranchised women opportunities to share experiences in ways that de-center standard academic writing, while simultaneously making these stories accessible to a range of readers, both inside and outside higher education. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction: The Moments That Became a Book—The Need for Intersectional Women’s Narratives in Academia (Stephanie Anne Shelton, Jill Ewing Flynn, Tanetha Jamay Grosland)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 “I Would Never Let My Wife Do That”: The Stories We Tell to Stay Afloat (Amy Tondreau)....Pages 15-23 Building a Compass: Leaving, Loss, and Daughterhood in Academia (Maureen A. Flint)....Pages 25-36 The Undecided Narratives of Becoming-Mother, Becoming-Ph.D. (Kelly W. Guyotte)....Pages 37-48 Showing Up (Sarah R. Hick)....Pages 49-60 Superwoman Goes Camping: The On-Going Quest to Right-Size My Life (Sharon I. Radd)....Pages 61-72 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 There and Back and There Again: Notes on a Professional Journey (Cheryl R. Richardson)....Pages 75-84 A Woman’s Worth: Valuing Self, Risk, and (Re)vision (Tanetha Jamay Grosland)....Pages 85-94 The Ancestral Double Dutch: From Cotton Myths to Future Dreams (Stephanie P. Jones)....Pages 95-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 Honest and Uncomfortable: A Loving Look at My Exclusive Campus (Lisa M. Dembouski)....Pages 103-116 Afro-Puerto Rican Primas: Identity, Pedagogy, and Solidarity (Erica R. Davila, Ann M. Aviles)....Pages 117-130 Lessons on Humility: White Women’s Racial Allyship in Academia (Daniela Gachago)....Pages 131-144 Living with Three Strikes: Being a Transwoman of Color in Education (Aryah O. S. Lester)....Pages 145-152 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 You Can’t Un-See Color: A Ph.D., A Divorce, and The Wizard of Oz (Meghan E. Barnes)....Pages 155-166 Doctor of Vulnerability and Resilience (Janine de Novais)....Pages 167-178 Teaching and Learning Within Feminist Dystopias (Alyssa D. Niccolini)....Pages 179-192 Re-introducing the Phoenix Within (Cheryl E. Matias)....Pages 193-199 Back Matter ....Pages 201-210